LFS News

LFS Stable Version 8.1 Release

Bruce Dubbs - 2017/09/01

The Linux From Scratch community announces the release of LFS
Version 8.1. Major changes include toolchain updates to glibc-2.26,
binutils-2.29, and and gcc-7.2.0. In total, 32 packages were
updated since the last stable release. Changes to the text have also
been made throughout the book. The Linux kernel has also been
updated to version 4.12.7.

We encourage all users to read through this release of the book
and test the instructions so that we can make the final release as
good as possible.

In coordination with this release, a new version of
LFS using the systemd package is also being released.
This package implements the newer systemd style of
system initialization and control and is consistent with
LFS in most packages.

Please direct any comments about this release to the LFS
development team at
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LFS 8.1-rc2 Release

Bruce Dubbs - 2017/08/18

The Linux From Scratch community announces the release of LFS
Version 8.1-rc2. It differs from version 8.1-rc1 only in the
build options given to glibc in Chapter 6.

We encourage all users to read through this release of the book
and test the instructions so that we can make the final release as
good as possible.

In coordination with this release, a new version of
LFS using the systemd package is also being released.
This package implements the newer systemd style of
system initialization and control and is consistent with
LFS in most packages.

Please direct any comments about this release to the LFS
development team at
lfs-dev@lists.linuxfromscratch.org.
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LFS 8.1-rc1 Release

Bruce Dubbs - 2017/08/16

The Linux From Scratch community announces the release of LFS
Version 8.1-rc1. It is a preliminary release of LFS-8.1. Major
changes include toolchain updates to glibc-2.25, binutils-2.29, and
and gcc-7.2.0. In total, 32 packages were updated since the last
release. Changes to the text have also been made throughout the
book. The Linux kernel has also been updated to version 4.12.7.

We encourage all users to read through this release of the book
and test the instructions so that we can make the final release as
good as possible.

In coordination with this release, a new version of
LFS using the systemd package is also being released.
This package implements the newer systemd style of
system initialization and control and is consistent with
LFS in most packages.

Please direct any comments about this release to the LFS
development team at
lfs-dev@lists.linuxfromscratch.org.
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LFS Stable Version 8.0 Release

Bruce Dubbs - 2017/02/25

The Linux From Scratch community announces the release of LFS
Version 8.0. Major changes include toolchain updates to glibc-2.25
and and gcc-6.3.0. In total, 28 packages were updated since the
last release. Changes to the text have also been made throughout the
book. The Linux kernel has also been updated to version 4.9.9.

This is a new major version of LFS. The change to 8.0
is due to the removal of the symbolic link from /lib to /lib64 and
the complete removal of /usr/lib64. An additional feature
is that the gold linker (/usr/bin/ld.gold) is now available
although it is not the default linker.

This is a coordinated release and both System V and
systemd versions of the book have been updated.

Please direct any comments about this release to the LFS
development team at
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LFS 8.0-rc1 Release

Bruce Dubbs - 2017/02/14

The Linux From Scratch community announces the release of LFS
Version 8.0-rc1. It is a preliminary release of LFS-8.0. Major
changes include toolchain updates to glibc-2.25 and
and gcc-6.3.0. In total, 28 packages were updated since the last
release. Changes to the text have also been made throughout the
book. The Linux kernel has also been updated to version 4.9.9.

This is a new major version of LFS. The change to 8.0
is due to the removal of the symbolic link from /lib to /lib64 and
the complete removal of /usr/lib64. An additional feature
is that the gold linker (/usr/bin/ld.gold) is now available
although it is not the default linker.

We encourage all users to read through this release of the book
and test the instructions so that we can make the final release as
good as possible.

In coordination with this release, a new version of
LFS using the systemd package is also being released.
This package implements the newer systemd style of
system initialization and control and is consistent with
LFS in most packages.

Please direct any comments about this release to the LFS
development team at
lfs-dev@lists.linuxfromscratch.org.
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LFS Stable Version 7.10 Release

Bruce Dubbs - 2016/09/07

The Linux From Scratch community announces the release of LFS
Version 7.10. It is a major release with toolchain updates to
glibc-2.24, binutils-2.27, and gcc-6.2.0. In total, 29 packages
were updated and changes to text have been made
throughout the book.

This is a coordinated release and both System V and
systemd versions of the book have been updated.

Please direct any comments about this release to the LFS
development team at
lfs-dev@lists.linuxfromscratch.org.
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LFS 7.10-rc1 Release

Bruce Dubbs - 2016/08/24

The Linux From Scratch community announces the release of LFS
Version 7.10-rc1. It is a preliminary release of LFS-7.10. Major
changes include toolchain updates to binutils-2.27, glibc-2.24,
and gcc-6.2.0. In total, 29 packages were updated since the last
release. Changes to the text have also been made throughout the
book. The Linux kernel has also been updated to version 4.7.2.

We encourage all users to read through this release of the book
and test the instructions so that we can make the final release as
good as possible.

In coordination with this release, a new version of
LFS using the systemd package is also being released.
This package implements the newer systemd style of
system initialization and control and is consistent with
LFS in most packages.

Please direct any comments about this release to the LFS
development team at
lfs-dev@lists.linuxfromscratch.org.
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LFS Stable Systemd Version 7.9 Release

Bruce Dubbs - 2016/03/08

The Linux From Scratch community announces the release of LFS
Stable Systemd Version 7.9. It is a major release with toolchain updates to
glibc-2.23, binutils-2.26, gcc-5.3.0, and systemd-229. In total, 26 packages
were updated and changes to text have been made
throughout the book.

Please direct any comments about this release to the LFS
development team at
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LFS 7.9 Stable Release

Bruce Dubbs - 2016/03/08

The Linux From Scratch community announces the release of LFS
Stable Version 7.9. It is a major release with toolchain updates to
glibc-2.23, binutils-2.26, and gcc-5.3.0. In total, 25 packages
were updated and changes to text have been made
throughout the book.

Please direct any comments about this release to the LFS
development team at
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LFS 7.9-rc2 Release

Bruce Dubbs - 2016/02/19

The Linux From Scratch community announces the release of LFS
Version 7.9-rc2. It is a preliminary release of LFS-7.9. Major
changes include toolchain updates to binutils-2.26, glibc-2.23,
and gcc-5.3.0. In total, 25 packages were updated since the last
release. Changes to the text have also been made throughout the
book. The Linux kernel has also been updated to version 4.4.2.

We encourage all users to read through this release of the book
and test the instructions so that we can make the final release as
good as possible.

In coordination with this release, a new version of
LFS using the systemd package is also being released.
This package implements the newer systemd style of
system initialization and control and is consistent with
LFS in most packages.

Please direct any comments about this release to the LFS
development team at
lfs-dev@lists.linuxfromscratch.org.
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LFS 7.9-rc1 Release

Bruce Dubbs - 2016/02/14

The Linux From Scratch community announces the release of LFS
Version 7.9-rc1. It is a preliminary release of LFS-7.9. Major
changes include toolchain updates to binutils-2.26
and gcc-5.3.0. In total, 24 packages were updated since the last
release. Changes to the text have also been made throughout the
book. The Linux kernel has also been updated to version 4.4.1.

We encourage all users to read through this release of the book
and test the instructions so that we can make the final release as
good as possible.

In coordination with this release, a new version of
LFS using the systemd package is also being released.
This package implements the newer systemd style of
system initialization and control and is consistent with
LFS in most packages.

Please direct any comments about this release to the LFS
development team at
lfs-dev@lists.linuxfromscratch.org.
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LFS 7.8 Stable Release

Bruce Dubbs - 2015/10/01

The Linux From Scratch community announces the release of LFS
Stable Version 7.8. It is a major release with toolchain updates to
glibc-2.22, binutils-2.25.1, and gcc-5.2.0. In total, 30 packages
were updated and changes to bootscripts and text have been made
throughout the book.

In coordination with this release, a new version of
LFS using the systemd package is also being released.
This package implements the newer systemd style of
system initializaion and control and is consistent with
LFS in most packages.

Please direct any comments about this release to the LFS
development team at
lfs-dev@lists.linuxfromscratch.org.
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LFS 7.8-rc1 Release

Bruce Dubbs - 2015/09/07

The Linux From Scratch community announces the release of LFS
Version 7.8-rc1. It is a preliminary release of LFS-7.8. Major
changes include toolchain updates to binutils-2.25.1, glibc-2.22,
and gcc-5.2.0. In total, 30 packages were updated since the last
release. Changes to the text have also been made throughout the
book. The Linux kernel has also been updated to version 4.2.

We encourage all users to read through this release of the book
and test the instructions so that we can make the final release as
good as possible.

Please direct any comments about this release to the LFS
development team at
lfs-dev@lists.linuxfromscratch.org.
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LFS 7.7 Stable Release

Bruce Dubbs - 2015/03/06

The Linux From Scratch community announces the
release of LFS Stable Version 7.7. It is a major release with
toolchain updates to glibc-2.21 and gcc-4.9.2.
In total, 30 packages were updated
and changes to bootscripts and text have been made
throughout the book.

Please direct any comments about this release to the LFS
development team at
lfs-dev@lists.linuxfromscratch.org.
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LFS 7.7-rc1 Release

Bruce Dubbs - 2015/02/19

The Linux From Scratch community announces the release of LFS
Version 7.7-rc1. It is a preliminary release of LFS-7.7. Major
changes include toolchain updates to binutils-2.25, glibc-2.21, and
gcc-4.9.2.
In
total, 30 packages were updated since the last
release. Changes to the text have also been made throughout the book. The
Linux kernel has also been updated to version 3.19.

We encourage all users to read through this release of the book
and test the instructions so that we can make the final release as
good as possible.

Please direct any comments about this release to the LFS
development team at
lfs-dev@lists.linuxfromscratch.org.
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LFS 7.6 Stable Release

Bruce Dubbs - 2014/09/23

The Linux From Scratch community announces the
release of LFS Stable Version 7.6. It is a major release with
toolchain updates to glibc-2.20 and gcc-4.9.1.
In total, 26 packages were updated and 8 packages added from
LFS-7.5 and changes to bootscripts and text have been made
throughout the book.

In coordination with this release, a new version of
LFS using the systemd package is also bint released.
This package implements the newer systemd style of
system initializaion and control and is consistent with
LFS in most packages.

Please direct any comments about this release to the LFS
development team at
lfs-dev@lists.linuxfromscratch.org.
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LFS 7.6-rc1 Release

Bruce Dubbs - 2014/09/08

The Linux From Scratch community announces the release of LFS
Version 7.6-rc1. It is a preliminary release of LFS-7.6 Major
changes include toolchain updates to glibc-2.20 and gcc-4.9.1.
Another major change is the use of the eudev package as a
replacement for extracting udev from the systemd source code. In
total, 26 packages were updated and 8 packages added since the last
release. Changes to the text has been made throughout the book. The
linux kernel has also been updated to version 3.16.2.

We encourage all users to read through this release of the book
and test the instructions so that we can make the final release as
good as possible.

Please direct any comments about this release to the LFS
development team at
lfs-dev@lists.linuxfromscratch.org.
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Latest SVN Changes

Gerard Beekmans - 2014/04/26

Testfile

Clean up test file

Bruce Dubbs - 2014/04/25

Update to gcc-4.9

Remove unneeded instructions from gcc

Remove unneeded symlink in gcc-pass1.
Update to util-linux-2.24.2.

Bruce Dubbs - 2014/04/23

Update to man-pages-3.65.
Text changes in Chapter 7.

krejzi - 2014/04/23

Rename coreutils patch.

Bruce Dubbs - 2014/04/22

Update users so all acl tests pass

Removed unneeded groff symlinks

krejzi - 2014/04/22

Fix a segfault in Acl package.

Fix indentation.

Fix segfault in shuf program from Coreutils.

Bruce Dubbs - 2014/04/21

Rewrite and reorganize Chapter 7.
Update systemd customization.

Bruce Dubbs - 2014/04/19

Update to linux-3.14.1.
Update to man-db-2.6.7.1.
Update to iproute2-3.14.0.
Update to gawk-4.1.1.

Bruce Dubbs - 2014/04/18

Add bc memory leak patch

Update rationale for programs needed by systemd.
Reword an explanation for specifying less for the perl pager.